8.1 - All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively to create and communicate knowledge
Strand A - Technology Operations and Concepts
CPI- 8.1.8A2 - Plan and create a simple database, define fields, input data and produce a report using sort and query.
Strand E - Research and Information Fluency
CPI - 8.1.8E1 - Gather and analyze findings to produce a possible solution for a content-related or real world problem using data collection technology.
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify the uses of a database.
2. Identify the parts of a datase.
3. Create Tables
4. Define field attributes in a table and add data.
5. Create Forms
6. Create querries
7. Create Reports
8. Link tables
9. Create a finished database.
Activities
1. Students will take part in guided lessons that demonstrate each objective.
2. Students can create a database of book books, music, movies or any other topic of interest.
3. Students can collect weather data around the world and add it to a database.
4. Students can collect data for a science project and add it to a database.
5. Students can create a picture database.
Giants of the Century -**http://www.microsoft.com/education/giant.mspx**
The last 100 years have been a period of unparalleled achievements in science, medicine, human rights, and more. In this activity, students will identify key figures in 20th-century progress, and then document the life and times of each in a searchable database
Students can collaborate with classes in other countries. They can collect data and contribute to a database. Topics could include: weather, acidity of rain, book reviews, etc..
MS Access
Table of Contents
Standards:
8.1 - All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively to create and communicate knowledge
Strand A - Technology Operations and Concepts
CPI- 8.1.8A2 - Plan and create a simple database, define fields, input data and produce a report using sort and query.
Strand E - Research and Information Fluency
CPI - 8.1.8E1 - Gather and analyze findings to produce a possible solution for a content-related or real world problem using data collection technology.
Objectives:
Students will be able to:1. Identify the uses of a database.
2. Identify the parts of a datase.
3. Create Tables
4. Define field attributes in a table and add data.
5. Create Forms
6. Create querries
7. Create Reports
8. Link tables
9. Create a finished database.
Activities
1. Students will take part in guided lessons that demonstrate each objective.
2. Students can create a database of book books, music, movies or any other topic of interest.
3. Students can collect weather data around the world and add it to a database.
4. Students can collect data for a science project and add it to a database.
5. Students can create a picture database.
Resources
MS Office Education Tutorials - http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx
MS Access Tutorials - http://www.techtutorials.info/appaccess.html
MS Office "How To' articles for teachers: http://www.microsoft.com/education/classtipsarchive.mspx
MS Lesson Plans - http://www.microsoft.com/Education/LessonPlans.mspx
Lesson Plans
The last 100 years have been a period of unparalleled achievements in science, medicine, human rights, and more. In this activity, students will identify key figures in 20th-century progress, and then document the life and times of each in a searchable database